The outlawing of slavery and extending voting rights to women seem to indicate that ethics can have beneficial results. Give an example from the past that indicates a similar result or a current social policy that might be regarded as wrong, which therefore needs to be changed

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Civil Rights Act is the first one to come to mind.

Some states today have mandatory life sentences for those convicted of any crime for the third time. Also -- we need to look closely at who African-American males have a much higher incarceration rate than white males. Capital punishment is another issue that has a lot of opposition.
A bill before Congress would exclude s from domestic violence prosecution.